THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN LENOIR COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 200 PM EST
* AT 120 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LA GRANGE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE...KINSTON...WINTERVILLE...AYDEN...FARMVILLE...LA GRANGE...SNOW
HILL...PITT GREENVILLE AIRPORT...DOWDY FICKLEN STADIUM...EAST CAROLINA
UNIVERSITY...KINSTON REGIONAL JETPORT...FOUNTAIN...HOOKERTON...
WALSTONBURG AND FALKLAND.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA.

Instructions:

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY…IF ONE IS SPOTTED…ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS…DESTRUCTIVE HAIL… DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION…MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 710 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2019 The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for… Northern Craven County in eastern North Carolina… Pitt County in eastern North Carolina… Southwestern Martin County in eastern North Carolina… […]

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WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 409 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 544 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2018 NCC055-095-177-187-120100- /O.CON.KMHX.TO.A.0409.000000T0000Z-181012T0100Z/ TORNADO WATCH 409 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA DARE HYDE TYRRELL WASHINGTON THIS INCLUDES THE […]

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